As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

Tens of thousands of students across Tennessee are awaiting the results of their standardized tests, which will set off a fast-moving timeline to determine whether they're held back under a ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

More than 4,000 third graders are enrolled in summer programming at MNPS as the effects of the state reading law unfold. Promising Scholars, the MNPS summer program, runs from May 29-June 27. Some ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

To help more of Arizona’s youngest students develop the literacy skills they need to be proficient readers and successful in school, partners in Read On Arizona, our state’s early literacy initiative, ...

Louisiana's literacy efforts have resulted in a 3-point rise in reading proficiency among K-3 students, with the state now ranking 16th in the nation for fourth-grade reading and No. 1 in the U.S. for ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...